What a loss! - Anonymous employee NetApp Employee Review

1.0
9 Feb 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

NetApp was an awesome place to work. Executive that was in place in the distant past was excellent and was able to pull it through the dot com bust. Since Dan left has totally changed, they totally missed the boat on cloud and are now paying for it. Culture used to be the primary thing that made it a great place to work but that has been lost. It is now a cut throat culture. One of the reasons that so many people stayed for so long but are now being dismissed without consideration.

Cons

Mis-management has it going down the tubes. Multiple reductions in force occurring each year. Work life becoming unmanageable as there are fewer and fewer people to do the work.

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5.0
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Pros

NetApp is a prestigious company, working for this company will be a great resume boost if you cannot break into top fortune 500 companies. Relatively easy to get into NetApp. Competitive pay.

Cons

Frequent layoffs. Understaffed which could equate to higher expected output.

3.0
9 June 2026
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Pros

- Not the worst pay around - Opportunity for advancement if you get the right management - Good financial benefits (ESPP, 401k options, mega backdoor Roth) - The one thing GK is good at is driving up the company stock price. Hope you got yourself some RSUs

Cons

- NetApp hasn't made a new product in 10 years, so you'll be hard pressed to find development work that isn't directly tied to supporting what was built before then. - Very little innovation other than weekend-project-level AI tools - Health and dental benefits are not great - Upper management is completely detached from reality

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